Hi-Line post offices face closure threat

Fresh off the closing of the Big Sky Postal District and the decision to consolidate mail processing for Havre, Helena and Butte in Great Falls, the U. S. Postal Service unveiled Tuesday a list of 3,653 post offices across the country they will look at closing, including of a number close to home, and have worried some.

The Expanded Access Study List shows all of the states and their offices that would be affected. The 85 post offices to be considered for closing in Montana include those in Hingham, Hogeland, Inverness, Joplin, Kremlin, Loma and Zurich.

According to a release from the Postal S...